[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition #647 General Release

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 647
Air dates: 09.03.05 > 09.10.05

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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
edition #647 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-
delivered, on-the-air audio news magazine service, for the week ending
September 10, 2005.

Today's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, reporting from our northeast news bureau in Syracuse,
New York, by Mark Phillips, G7LTT, reporting from our news bureau in New York
City, and by our technical director, George Bowen, W2XBS, from our
headquarters studio facility in Albany, New York.

THIS WEEKS PROGRAM RUNNING TIMES:
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* FULL VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 108 minutes.
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* EDITED VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 60 minutes.

SPECIAL PROGRAM NOTES:

* Closed circuit advisory and weekly program promo is available as a seperate
   audio file.

CONTENT:
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Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition:

01. ARRL President urges orderly amateur radio response to Hurricane Katrina.
02. Section by Section overview of amateur radios role in Hurricane response.
03. Federal government grant to "Ham Aid" will support Katrina deployment.
04. SATERN volunteers have pivotal role in some rooftop and attic rescues.
05. Newsline corespondent Don Wilbanks AE5DW, escapes from New Orleans area.
06. Art Bell W6OBB, dismisses gulf states HF interference rumor on the net.
07. Amateur radios role in Hurricane recovery is noticed by mainstream media.
08. The FCC extends license renewal deadlines for storm-devastated states.
09. CLR/Orban offer emergency assistance to Gulf area broadcast stations.
10. BPL arrives at ARRL headquarters for Motorola BPL experimental set-up.
11. Comment deadline is set for the controversial FCC morse code proceeding.
12. The 70 centimeter band is spared in the Philippines.
13. Technology news and commentary with Leo Laporte.
14. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH, "Ham Biorhythm"
15. The FCC sets aside the license renewal of Glenn Baxter, K1MAN.
16. State of Maine asked to rescind honors bestowed on K1MAN in the past.
17. More Musings with Wil Rogers, W4WLR.  "Bowling for Hurricanes"
18. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
19. Special event station listings.
20. New! Monthly propagation forecast and Outlook with Steve Nichols, G0KYA.
21. Life aboard the ISS "Very Comfy" astronaut tells students in Japan.
22. BPL problems are beginning to heat up in Australia.
23. Alledged killer of ham radio couple faces additional murder charges.
24. ARRL e-mail forwarding service up-grades, adds virus scanning/spam filter.
25. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
26. Sun Microsystems develops new open-source Digital Rights Management.
27. A new Start Trek prequel, before TOS, is pitched to Paramount.
28. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
29. The military explores, beaming up!

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